Undergarments for women such as slips, pajamas, blouses, and the like



' Dec. 20, 1932.

M. D. NEILSON 1,773 UNDERGARMENTS FOR WOMEN SUCH AS SLIPS, PAJAMAS BLOQMERS, AND THE LIKE Filed July 14. 1950 1G F'iq -3 (l Z3 Fiq-4- Inven-l-or: Marti D- Neilson.

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Patented Dec. 20, 1932 UNITED STATES MARY D. NEILSON, or MInNnAron-Is', mrnnnlso ra unnnnennmnms ron woman soon AS SLIPS, PAJAMAS," isnousnshun rnEf r-x r.

Application filed July 14,

My invention relates to garments for women, such, for example, as slips, pajamas, blouses and the like. It is the object of the invention to provide a garment of that type wherein the fullness around the bust of the wearer is so taken care of that the garment will hang straight from the shoulders at the rear and straight from the bust line at the front, and the bottom of the garment will 19 continue even and horizontal all around. I

accomplish these objects by a novel and heretofore unknown method of taking up material by a series of small pleats in the front of the arm scye of the garment along the curve extending from the side seam.

In any garment worn by a woman the fitting of the garment for the upper part of the figure requires extra length in the front of the garment at the bust line to allow for the bust fullness, since the figure rounds out at this point and the line from the top of the shoulder to the'waist line in front must be longer than the line from the top of the shoulder to the waist line in the back. It follows that if the garment is made with front and back of the same length, the fullness of the bust requiring this necessary extra length, will pull the garment up in front and cause it to hang down and in at the back and up and out at the front. This is an awkward and undesirable condition and one which my invention is designed to correct. It is undesirable not only for appearance, but also for feel. The wearer will constantly keep tryin to adjust her garment to the line of her gure by pulling it down in front. But even when it is'pulleddown it will never stay down, because from the manner in which it is cut it does not belong down.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof, and its novel features are particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, illustrating the application of my invention,

Fig. 1 shows a manikin figure having a sleeping garment worn thereon and showing the manner in which the front and back and 193a Serial mama. j I,

bottom'line of the blousehang with reference to eachother and to the wearer. Fig.2 is a manikinwearing a slip embodying-the features of my invention. Fig. 3 shows a cut out blank illustrating half of the front of the garment. Fig. 4 shows this blank after the adjustments embodying my invention have been applied thereto. V z The garment 20 .(blouse .of-pajamas), illustrated in Fig. 1 and thegarment (full length slip), illustrated in Fig. 2,are-"con structed alikejso far as the fitting character istics about the bust and shoulder members go,;the principal or onlydiiferenc'e being'in the length of the piecesto make the-gar '65.

ment. F igi3 illustrates theform' oflafront of the blouse20. It maybe cut in two pieces and, seamed as at 22 or,'as more commonly in practice, it'may be cut in a single piece-and folded at 22. Fig. 3 illustrates the piece be fore. my invention is applied thereto, wherein the front cut-out to fit in the neck is shown at 23 and the arm scye at 24. In the original blank the arm scye'exte'nds from ato certain definite. length, .which is greater'than the arm" scye" should be, that is such as to give extra length to the garment at that point, and which extra length is taken care of in the manner'hereinafter described. In the lower part of the curve of the arm scye I introduce a number of small pleats 25. Four I are shown, which is a satisfactory arrange ment, but a greater or less number may be employed with satisfactory effect. The result of putting the pleats in in this manner will %5 be to shorten the distance from a to b to. that shown in Fig. 4 as running from c to (Z to change the curve of the arm scye 24 and draw back the neck cut-out 23 and the shoulder seam piece 26, also curving the front portion 22 as indicated at 27, all as shown in Fig. 4. When, therefore, the parts 23 and 26 are lifted in the fabrication of the garment to the position shown in Fig. 1, it will have the effect of throwing the extra length and excess material, of the arm scye 24 taken up by the pleats 25 forward across the busts, leaving the front and back lines 28 and 29 of the garment hanging straight and parallel and the bottom line 30 horizontal, as shown in Fi 1. By this means, extra material is distri uted in a manner to give the effect of swinging the garment around the busts from the straight hanging line in front to the straight hanging line in the back, and that makes possible a hang to. the garment such as is shown in Fig. 1.

The advantages of such a garment hanging in that way are verymarked and produce an efiect which I believe never has been produced before. This effect also is produced by simple and eflicient means, easily applied, and not adding to the expense of the garment. The effect does not, however, appear from casual consideration, but is only made evident by demonstration.

I claim! v V 1. A. garment for women wherein each front section is cut withparallel side edges and extra length of material at the arm scye, the said arm scye extending in acontinuous curve from the shoulder seam to the side edge of the front, said curve being accentuated adjacent to saidedge, and said extra 7 length of material being reduced by a pleat extending in reverse radial direction inward- 1y from a point adjacent to the center of said accentuated part of the curve of the arm scye.

2. i A garment for women. wherein each front section is cut with parallel side edges and extra length of material at the arm scye, the said arm scye extending in a continuous curve from the shoulder seam to the side edge of the front, said curve being accentuated adjacent to said edge, said extra length being reduced by a multiplicity of pleatsextending in a radial direction inwardly from said accentuated curve portion of the arm scye.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

MARY D. NEILSON. 

